GEOGRAPHY? WHAT'S THAT? UNIT 7

• AQUACULTURE: an activity that consists of farming marine animals and plants in pools, ponds or enclosed areas of the coast.
• CATTLE: bovine mammals.
• CROP ROTATION: the practice of growing different types of crops in the same area in sequential seasons.
• DRYLAND FARMING: farming in which the fields receive only rainwater.
• EXTENSIVE AGRICULTURE: an agriculture system that uses small inputs or labour, fertilisers, and capital, relative to the area of land that is being farmed.
• FISHING GROUND: an area of water that is used or fishing.
• FLEET: a group of ships sailing together.
• FODDER: food for livestock.
• GRENHOUSE: a building with transparent walls and roof, usually of glass, for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions.
• HOUSED LIVESTOCK: livestock fed with fodder in farm buildings.
• INTENSIVE FARMING: an agricultural system characterized by heavy investments of capital and labour.
• IRRIGATED FARMING: farming in which the water from groundwater, reservoirs and river is brought to fields.
• LIVESTOCK FARMING: farming based on rearing animals to obtain products.
• MONOCULTURE: farming system in which farmers only grow a single crop.
• OVERFISHING: when fishermen catch more fish than the maximum sustainable yield.
• PLOT: an area of land where crops are grown.
• POLYCULTURE: farming system in which farmers grow a variety of crops.
• REAR: to care for, breed and grow animals until maturity.
• SCHOOL OF FISH: a group of fish that live and swim together.
• SHIFTHING CULTIVATION: agricultural technique in which farmers move from place to place when fields are unproductive.
• SOIL: the substance on the surface of the Earth in which plants grow.
• SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE: a type of agriculture in which farmers only grow enough food to feed themselves and their families.